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Know All men by these Presents that I Stephen Stanton of Charlestown in
the County of Washington State of Rhode Island & Providences for and in consideration
of the sum of One hundred and Nineteen Dollars paid me by Thomas Converse spouse and heir
to the late Edward Converse late of Providence Rhode Island part of the said sum being
paid and twenty five Dollars paid one part by the said Edward Converse and one part
by the said Robert Wakeham of the said Providence and one part by the said William
Selly late
of the said Providence and one part by Daniel B. Rogers bargain and sale convey unto them the
said Thomas Converse Edward Converse Robert Wakeham and their heirs and assigns forever one
certain
parcel of land lying and being in said ward near the Water line and partly in the water in the
County of Washington containing by Estimation one hundred forty four acres be the same com
mon or
private be it Drawing room and other Buildings House Rendering land, and be bounded on the
East by the land of the Heirs of the late Stephen Stanton, on the South by land belonging to Charlestown
Fellows pasture on the South-west by the land of Samuel Stanton, and on the North-east by land of
Henry Lee, on the North-west by land of Common Lands of Charlestown to the aforesaid Stephen S.
Branderly and partly in the water of Common Lands of Charlestown to the aforesaid Stephen S.
the same
the Rate and a half of the above described and bounded Premises together with
all the rights and privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging or any man who after this time
may purchase the same and after annexes to the same belonging or any man who after this time
may purchase the same and heirs their heirs and assigns forever.
To the said Thomas Converse and his heirs and assigns Administrator to administer
to the said Stephen Stanton former me and my heirs and assigns Heirs their heirs and assigns, that
I do covenant and warrant the said Heirs their heirs and assigns that the aforesaid conveyan
ce owning and delivering same for quiet time and that since the hour of the aforesaid conveyan
ce no person or claim and demand the same to their heirs their heirs and assigns forever,
and will warrant Samuel Stanton and the said Stephen Stanton both duly for the above
consideration quit claim up and surrender all the rights of Power and Love of heirs of the
above consideration and convey unto the said Thomas Converse to hold and possess forever.
In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal the 12th day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand and Eight
Hundred and Twenty five (1825)
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of
Stephen Stanton L.S.
Daniel Stanton
Samuel Stanton
L.S.
Charlestown
Washington fo on the day and date above written, in
Presence signed and the above named Stephen Stanton signed
and sealed the seals of the above Instrument and acknowledged the same
to be his free voluntary act and deed Seal & Signed
By him
Samuel Stanton Justice of the Peace
the above Recorded June 2nd 1825 by
Samuel Stanton Cl. Court
Recorded the above Deedage
March 10th 1825 Page 99
Until Samuel Stanton J. P.
Now entered in the Land Evidence Book of Charlestown on 1825 the
above deed from Stephen Stanton to Thomas Converse and others
the above Mortgage dated 12th July 1825 from Stephen Stanton to Thomas
Converse and others for the sum of 119 Dollars.
Samuel Stanton Cl. Court
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